If we want young people to move into careers that require this scientific and mathematical knowledge, this is something that is key. In my opinion, we have to expose all our children in Canada to mathematics, science, engineering, and technology from a very early age so that they're aware of all the opportunities that will present themselves and be available to them in the future.
When we neglect to some extent the mathematics and science component in our primary and secondary school system, we basically limit the future opportunities of those children, because we close doors that they will never be able to open. This is definitely key.
As a country, we can probably do better. We can probably look to what other countries are doing on that front. In some of the emerging countries we've talked about, such as China, India, and Brazil, this issue is taken a lot more seriously at both the primary and secondary school level to prepare children to enter into those professions. I think we need to do the same thing.